A’Jean Augustine, a junior football player at Texas Lutheran University, and Deyreck Dean, a senior who also played football for the school, were tragically killed in a single-vehicle car crash early Monday morning near Seguin. This absolutely devastating news has hit the Texas Lutheran community hard, and it’s a loss that nobody was ready for.
A Tragic Morning on Texas 46
The incident went down at 2:38 a.m. Monday. Police officials confirmed Augustine, 20, of Houston, and Dean, 23, of Rockwall, were in a 2012 Kia Sorento SUV. The vehicle was reportedly heading south on Texas 46 “at a high rate of speed” when the driver lost control. The SUV then crossed into the northbound lanes and slammed into a guardrail. It’s just a heartbreaking sequence of events.
Remembering Two Bulldogs
The university released a statement Monday, confirming the deaths and expressing the profound sadness felt by everyone there. “Junior A’Jean (AJ) Augustine of Houston and senior Deyreck Dean of Rockwall, both student athletes, were beloved members of our community and we will long feel the impact of their loss,” the university statement read.
Augustine, a junior who came from Lamar High School in Houston, was in his third year as a kicker on the Texas Lutheran football team. He was majoring in kinesiology, working hard on and off the field. Dean, a senior, had played linebacker for four years for Texas Lutheran, from 2022 to 2025, and was studying business management. Texas Lutheran, a private university based in Seguin with about 1,500 students, is a tight-knit community, and losing two of its own, especially student athletes, is going to leave a huge void.
The university’s statement makes it clear: the impact of losing these two beloved student athletes, A’Jean Augustine and Deyreck Dean, will be felt deeply and for a long time within their community. Our thoughts go out to everyone at Texas Lutheran University.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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